Rock Climbing in Cyprus

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Welcome to Cyprus Rocks

Welcome to CyprusRocks - an online guide to Rock Climbing on the Mediterranean
island of Cyprus. Cyprus is one of the largest islands in the med
and has the best weather in Europe. Whilst relatively unknown
as a climbing destination, the number, quality, and diversity
of routes belies its low key reputation. Hard information supplying
details of the climbing on offer has traditionally been
difficult to track down. This web-site attempts to
address this. Enjoy!

A Brief Overview of Climbing on the Island

Rock climbing in Cyprus is more varied than many of the other
areas around the Mediterranean. Unusually, there
is a greater quantity of recorded
traditional routes than sports, and the rock type is more complex than simply
limestone.

The main areas in terms of current routes
are: Cavo Greko - located in the far south east corner
of the island and consisting of outrageously featured
soft limestone offering predominately trad climbing,
Dhiarizos - a hard limestone area located between Limassol and
Pafos offering the best
sports routes on the island, and
Droushia/Ineia which has a wealth of both sports and trad
with a healthy dose of bouldering thrown in.
The Droushia/Ineia rock is a form of sandstone (thought to be metamorphized).
Other rock areas and types and exist and can be found by
visiting the main Areas section.

The Cyprus climate is amongst the best in Europe and offers an all year round experience, with
the optimum times to visit being spring and autumn. Combine this with its varied and numerous resort
possibilities then it makes a good choice as a climbing holiday location,
especially if the party includes non climbing
members.

Visiting the island but you don't have a climbing partner? No worries - drop the admins an email at admin@cyprusrocks.eu to get tips on how best
to find a local to climb with.

Current Route Profile

As of 14 Aug 2018 this web-site currently provides information on 392 routes
(225 traditional
routes between Mod and E6 and 167
sport routes between 3 and 8a+).